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J'HN H. GQSS, 0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TOSCOVILL ING COMPANY,0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, vAC0R12'(BJaLTllIOIIT OF CONNECTICUT.

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3i @mig Specification taf Letters Patent, Patented NOV, 5; 1912,

. 1 i Application filed May 27, 1912. Serial Nt?. 699,936,

.To GZZ whom 'it may concern: Figures l and 2 ere cross-sections atright Bc it, known thaty l, JOHN H. Goss. a citiangles to one another,-of a box for contain- Zen of the United States, residing at. Watering astick of shaving Soap; and Fig. 8 is a bury, in the county of New Hovenund* State perspective View `of the detached cover and of Connecticut,have invented a certain new its spring for such a box. Fig. d 'is nlongi- @0 and useful Improvement in BOX-Covers, of tudinal section` and.Fig. is o Jtransverse which the following is a full, clear, and eX-section illustrntii'ig the invention npplied to act. description apowder puff box, and Fig. 6 isn perspec; f ln my Patentv No. 1,009,239,dated No tive View of the detached. coverband its veinber 2l, 1911 thereare illustrated several spring lfor the pud box. Eig. 7 isi a vpnrspec-65 for-ins of wire springs which are used as the tive view showing theends of the wir@ conpintle members of e hingefor hinging e cealed Withinthe .lrnuckle, and the 'knuckle cover or cap toa body and also as themeans being broken out to show suine FigfS is n. torsecuring the coveror cap to the body in partial longitudinal section show ng e slot l5 adetachable manner. ln all of these forms instead of o. notch in the boitbody1 to re- 70 the `portion of the wire which immediately ceive theknuckle. forms the hingepintle is offset for a purpose The followingdescription iwill apply to started in the potent, and, further, thespring both the shaving stick box arid the powder wire engages the bodyon the outside. The puit box, excepting as speciied.

2.0 odsetting of the spring requires a special l is the box body, which-may be 'of any -75 .torno of ,hinge knuckle on the cap, and thisr`approved construction, excepting that neer involves care in assembling.In all those its top is on interior knurled groove 2. euses wherespecial forms of hinges arensed, Above this groove is the flange 3,which is the cost of assembling, and loss by spoiled cut away at 4ldowninto the groove, in those goods 0r parts "are appreciable. Otherwiseforms of the box body shown in 'Figs l, 2, 30

'the patented invention is of great utility. 4 and 5. (The cover or cap5 has projecting The object of the present invention is to 4from it thertubular hinge knuckle 6, pret'en produce a hinged cap of the patentedkind, ably integral therewith. Within this knuckle in which the wirespring is not offset and the is placed. the wirespring 7. This spring isccp knuckle is not specialized, sothat the in theform of lunf open ringof circular or assembling ot' 'the parts is economized; and ovalcontour, in accor-dance with the proiilc the spring is snapped into aninside instead of the body of the boia: to which itis to be of :inoutside groove and its rigidity sind applied, end `l have herein shownboth holding fquslity increased, whereby many forms, but of course, itmay be of any torni of the advantages of the patented invention` adoptedto correspond, to the contour of the nre retained and the cost of'manufacture box or other objectfto which the cover is reduced. i .tobemapplied. Thefspring wire is without The invention consists of a.boiifcover off-sets or?, other interruptions in theconprovided with ehinge knuckle, preferablyv tinuity cfg its crvelfronr end to end, and

integral therewith, and e spring WireWhiCh hence it may be ,applied toal preformed is both hinge-pintle and attechingrnedium hinge kn' cklc onthe cap by threading it" for applying the cover to the body of thethroughgsuch knuckle. endwise, instead of box, seid wire being e. pleincurve'for ring being uriitedlwithi-the knuckle by'forming without odset:"portions, adapted to be the knuckle over it or .some special partei.

5 threaded through the 'knuckle en'dwise to it,lalthugh in4 seinecasesitlnay. be more 100 engage the cofvcr and to be snappedinto aconvenient to ,f fibrin the 'knuckle about the groove within .jtheinterior of thejbx body wire. When vthe spring wire is applied-to loettach the coverto such body, the-ends ot the knuckle, as ljustdescribed, the cover or the wire being 'outside of the knuckle or concap is applied to the body by snappingl the 3 ceole lfwithin it may bedesired,"- :tll as l ring within thefgroo-ve in"i the body until the 105will' uicoceed now more particularly to sethingc knuckle .fully seatsitself in the out :tor fhud finally clailn. ,lf out port-ion L ljof theln'nge 3. Obviously, i ln fthe accompanying drawings,:illustrat-'the-spring when thus :quilted expandsuitlr ingixthe inm'ntion., in theseveralfiigiilresof in Jdie groove und thercbvrigidlyholds the, whiehlike parts' nre similarly designated, cap to thebody.'

As showny in Figs. l to 6, the ends of the springring or Wire areoutside of the knuckle, but as shown in Fig. '7, they may be concealedWithin the knuckle with substantially the same oplerativew'gs'appingetiect in seating the Wire in the' groove; and iii thisijcase theends.or\'the Wire may be straight Where they enter the knuckle. AThisarrangement gives a continuousr effect to the Wire, making a somewhatneater inish when the parts are assembled anil giving a somewhat firmerhold on the bos. body, and for these and other reasons t" arrangement isdesirable from a manutactnring vieiv point. These ends, of course,treftree to approach one another Within the knuckle as the ring iscontracted to enter the; grooie, and as readily spring apart rsvithinthfeknuckle after the ring is in posiy L.' t non in,

groove. The invention, however, is uct limited to the use ot a wire theends of L KJ which; `are 'straight where they enter the lmnp le. '.llhusit will be seen that the box corisistsct `three parts, namely, a coveror cap, a hinge Wire and a box body, which when assembled make acomplete box. Each of these may be constructedv and tinishegi completein itself, and when so fin-l fished, the component parts may beassembled at a minimum labor cost.

"ln manufacturing articles of this .charactor, there is always a certainpercentage which is spoiled in *arious Ways, and if some such featuresci invention as above described are not adopted, 'this element ofspoiled 'parte 'would necessitate the rejection-or reconstruction ot t ebox as a Whole or in part, and thus in'volve a great addition to theexpense o'l manufacturing. 0n the other hand. after each of the threeparts compris- 'i the box ot this invent-ion has been manuifaeturedcomplete, including,v the various lusters et finish, they may beassembled readily and economically; and if 'for any reason it is desiredto separate the parts, the Wire can be readily displaced fr m the groovein the bor; body by raising thcover and Wire out of the body. 'when theWire may be slipped out of thehinge knuckle. AHencei in case of damagethe three parts may be disconnected and' any good parts utilized, thusobvia-ting the necessity of the destruction or loss of all oft them.

t is possible to use a construction of cover and blurring ring in a boxbody in which instead of cutting a notch 4 in the flange of the' body,as shown in Figs. l, 2, 4 and 5, a slot S, Fig. 8, may be cut'in thegroove of a size to permit of the insertiono the knuckle through theslot into the groove 2, after which the Wire 7 maybe inserted in theknuckle 6 and snap ed into said groove. Having a slot instea of a notchfor the reception of the knuckle permits of the use ot a continuous edgeilange 3, and this construe-- tion is desirable and preferred in someboxes and by some users. Each ot these three parts may bc carried inlarge quantities in separate boxes or receptacles to the place ofassembling; and as the several parts are duplicated there is nonecessity oit' any special care for the proper fitting oit the variousparts in assembling. Further, it is to be noted that the interior grooveinto which the hinge Wire is snapped, docs not. materially reduce theinterior area of the box; nor is it necessary to tasten the Wire in thegroove by the useof solder or riveting or other extraneous means.Finally, it is to be noted that the hinge wire, instead of beingeinserted in an outside groove, is inserted in an inside groove, with theresult that the fastening is very much more rigid and the' wire is interchangeable With any oir the covers.

The invention is not limited to` a use in connection with covers forshavingr stick boxes, or powder puit' boxes, since obviously it may beapplied to boxes for a variety of' urposes and ot' a variety ofconstructions.

Whatl l claim is l. box cover, having a hinge knuckle, in combinationwith a combined hinge-pintle land coverfattaching member consisting ot aspring wire having; au uninterrupted contour from end to end and set toexpand into holding engagement with a bor;v and adapted to be connectedwith the said hinge knuckle at anv point throughout its length.

Q. A box cover. having a hinge knuckle.

rand a combined pintle and cover-attaching device consisting of anopen-ended expansion spring ring adapted to be connected with theknuckle to complete the hina'e, in combination with a bor; body having;ran interior kuurled groove Within '.Which the ring is snapped andexpands to hold the cover to such box body.

3. A box cover, having a hinge knuckle, in combination with a combinedhingo-pintlo and cover-attaching member consisting of an open-endedspring ring set to expand into cover-holding engagement with the box andhaving its ends arranged and concealed within the hinge knuckle on thecover and movable therein to permit the spring to expand and contract.

ln testimony vvhereot` I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day. ofMay, A. D. 1912.

` JOHN H. GOSS. Witnesses:

GEORGE R. LONG, M. L. Srannr.

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